Telegram-herald., 1887-07-11
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5ssa msl b m4ny earnest gro ssts iFoD
property osnsrs inase interested ~ tQTsi-
tsfs fzetQries sai misunderstanding insiisli-
sle4s. SPECIALLY asinz very enp1afle IN
their ceLaEci2ti0n ol TIE se8sz8s which
they consiisr "A outrage. Is hss been zea-
sEs.iv g8dsFstuoa an he advance - er-
1<rsd s-aa alY - set even with tne furniture
alen 40 l4soEe1 ths p4zsa - u as 4eLi-
CON pect inslra8cs BIZ. huE t1efe has been
Al aftea. pE 141le by Msa 10 cafe noiEios
fer E1s i1seFesis u TIE clty. 70 naxs p sp-
ps4F tlRl tae advance Nsz due 90 Tie al
0f Na.er aer irs protection. v hils Feputsoie
agents have lot su1afsst The scheu-e, lt
"a ihf eoasrsFy have tassn sieps - defeat
Il AID bisee to- responsibility for lie AL
vance 10 rates shsse II properly belongs.
oiasEs llc.utlas A. T. oIith. manager "
ne underwriters Agency here. have tsken
ssp<cia. p4'us 20 make X APPEAR thst the
zasanee vas Cue. IN part AZ least. %
saz ssafeify Of SaieT. In this
they we're msfeEiaily aided ~ the
E<ns8af. which ueFsr stops 10 cOnsider
facts or Ihs welfare % the city ID matters of
public .nisres. When the use % water FOR
sprinkllDg purposes vas pfotloitea TIE
Desse4ss with rs usual o,underng short
s.xAseiacss. announced that ne city was IN
great 3anxe. os bsing destroyed oy ufe.
taAg Ia case Of IRE gbs water supply
would soon be exhausted and the city
placed AZ the mercy o. ths danes. This
statement vas published 10 the face OF the
fact thai every body anew, ana AL the other
city papers annOg need that the order pro-
bluitlng sprinkin- NAs made lor the purpose
% keeplgg fuli head OF Waser
IA the RESERVOIR and that at no time vas
there lsCk OF tre pFotectlon. owing 10
the lsal0crf ca cuiali0n Delugexceeoinsiy
limited the ouDgiing blgnder would have
resulted 10 no harm. had NOT hr. Smith Sc
cured copies Of the paper and. having
marked the pernieiOus paragraph, sent
theu 10 The home Offices Of insurance con-
penies all over the country. He sent them
not only 10 Board companies but 10
Others which had been taking risks in the
cily al premiums something less than COM
pact rates Inis action by Mr. Smith
caused considerable uneasiness among the
managers OF some OF the companies
and resulted IN SOME hasty correspondence
With the agents here.
Win 4sew OF sscsrtaining the extent of
the mischief wrought by Manager smith
sad his newspaper ally. a TELEsEAN-
HERaIp reporter cailei on several insur
arce agents saturday afternoon. l.. ;.
Proyin said that the recent scarcity of water
should have had no effect Oh insurance
rates. The are projection was not in-
paired. The matter was no worse than II
has been in Summer for several years past
and there vas no cause for alarm.
When the reporter called on Compact Man
ager Smith, the following conversation
took place.
What was the effect Of the recent water
famine on insurance rates. asked the re-
porter.
1T had no effect that l knew Of" an
swered Mr.. Smith. In fact. | don't know
that we have had any water famine"
"Didnt II cause the recent advance in
rates.
We'll. don't know that it did; l don't
understand that our facilities for ire pro-
tection were impaired. The Board of Pub
llc Works looked out for that aud kept the
usual amount OF water in the. reservoir
viii YOU state whether the lack of
water had anything 10 do with the ad-
vance in rates.
NO don't wish TO 30 into the details of
the matter
did you mark q paragraph in the
Dslaersdt, stating that tae city was in
great danger of being destroyed in case OF
Ere, ana sfNQ II fO insurance companies IN
New York and Chicago
We are not in the newspaper bust
ness"
"Will you state whether you sent the
papers or not7''
4 don't care 10 go into the details of the
matter At ali' said Mr.. Smith and the re
porter left him.
Chas W. Watkins was seen and said Il
don't understand that the scarcity of water
caused the advance IN rates. We have had
no water famine that imperilsd our FIRE
protection. II was well unders,oon that the
spTiaklers were shut of % save the water
for fire protection. IL there had been lack
of water for tire protection you would have
heard more ot howl than you did Yes
I understand Mr.. Smith sent copies of the
nemocf1f 10 the companies and some of
them were quite uneasy about the matter
We the agents did not know anything
about the matter until we heard OF Il from
our companies. Il would have been straight
and honorable 10 have notified the com
panies that the lake had been tapped and
al possible danger averted. but Mr.. Smith
did not 60 that. They have been notified
however and do not think there is any
az xietv about The matter now"
Property owners. especially the furniture
men are very indignant at Mr.. Smiths ac-
ton aud the Democrats foolish attempt 10
create alarm. They consider il an outrage
on city which mai1tains one o. the best
fire departments in the country. Many ex-
press tie opinion thar, 10 view Of the fact
that ve have plenty Of water for IRE pro-
tscfson and a most efficient FIRE depart
ment. Mr. Smitn fears that the companies
viii not endorse his order 10 advance rates.
aud be sought 70 create the impression that
there was a lack OF water in order TO main
tas bis Losiiioo.